THE BENTLEY COLLECTION OF MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS.
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1864, die number 54, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, die flaw from stub top 4 to neck, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, slight die flaw in first I of legend, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 54 below, emblems below, absent upper serif to B in legend, 7.97g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). Once cleaned, now lightly toned, almost extremely fine.
ex Douro Cargo, Spink Auction 118, 20-21 November 1996, lot 1348 (part)
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
see footnote on Lot 443 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers. Note the lack of upper serif on the letter B.
Estimate: £300-400